Inexpensive and easy to use, drones are proving invaluable for activists monitoring illegal fishing, hunting and deforestation – as well as keeping tabs on zoos and aquariums

Flying taxis could even replace short-haul flights, but certification and new digital infrastructure must happen first.

Finnair’s new trial at Helsinki airport is weighing volunteer passengers at the gate, along with their hand luggage. The pilot project is to help the airline better calculate accurate weights of passengers and baggage being loaded onto the plane.

The Triton aircraft has a wingspan wider than a Boeing 737's. The program just reached an important milestone.

Global drone delivery company Wing is shifting to be based out of shopping centres for easier access to deliverable goods and says so far it hasn't been able to find a suitable shopping centre in Canberra.

The very large hot air balloon will carry seven people up to 35,000 feet, and then five of then plan to jump out of it (wearing parachutes).

Delta Air Lines said Thursday that it has completed upgrading its fleet to protect key equipment against interference from 5G wireless signals, plugging a hole that could have disrupted flights during low visibility.

The USAF wants to build a fleet of $3 million drone aircraft that can get shot at so American pilots don't have to be..

For centuries, paper airplanes have unlocked the science of flight—now they could inspire drone technology.

It's officially summer, and that means billionaires and CEOs are flying private to their annual summer camp, also known as the Sun Valley conference.

A recent study from researchers at the University of Reading in England provides some insight into how our skies have changed over the past few decades.

The Federal Aviation Administration has certified for testing a vehicle that a California startup describes as a flying car — the first fully electric vehicle that can both fly and travel on roads to receive US government approval. Alef Automotive said that its vehicle/aircraft, dubbed the “Model A,” is the first flying vehicle that is drivable on public roads and able to park like a normal car.

Researchers found that severe turbulence had increased 55% between 1979 and 2020 on a typically busy North Atlantic route.

The introduction of France’s short-haul flight ban has renewed calls for Europe to cut down on journeys that could be made by train.

Banning ultra short-haul flights, creating air-rail links, and upping taxes on domestic and short flights – European countries are leading the way towards a public transport system that favors train travel over flying, but not without problems.

Air travel between Paris and regional hubs such as Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux will now be banned.

Ryanair aims to boost profit by 10% this year after almost record earnings for its last financial year, CEO Michael O'Leary said on Monday, and it may do better if rival airlines' "irrationally exuberant" summer fare forecasts are right.

“Book more sustainably” — that was the message German airline Lufthansa marketed to travelers when it launched its new “Green Fares” in February. Lufthansa’s new program gives passengers the option to spend a little more money to purportedly reduce the climate impacts of their flights. But climate advocates were quick to criticize the program as another case of greenwashing in aviation.

The world record for the farthest flight by paper airplane was recently broken by three aerospace engineers. Their design was inspired by vehicles that fly faster than the speed of sound.

An energy-saving coating needs no pigments, and it keeps the surface beneath it 30 degrees cooler.